This is Unreal Engine? Which version?

[SinKing]

I was dumbfounded when I saw ARK is using Unreal Engine, probably still U3 or a modified version of it. However, is there any more info on the topic (a "making of" the game), or something the developers said why they chose Unreal? Usually the word was: "Do not use Unreal Engine for dense jungle environments, use Cryengine" Okay, that's a couple of years old, but games aren't made in a day, either.
It's a bold decision to go with Unreal. If possible, I'd like to know a little more about the why and how of this decision. Also, how big is this company? It seems like 4 producers/publishers are involved. That's a big game for something I first heard about 2 weeks ago and been adicted to ever since ^^

[Charnel]

It's the Unreal 4 engine

40+ people are working on it all game veterans

[MugHug]

http://steamcharts.com/top

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-06-09-ark-survival-evolved-has-already-generated-usd10-million

[puppy666]

Originally posted by Toxus:

It's the Unreal 4 engine

40+ people are working on it all game veterans

There is a dev team of eight people. Not fourty, eight. But you're correct, they're all experienced in their field, with experience from Primal Carnage, to Uncharted, to Microsoft's VR program.

[MugHug]

Originally posted by SheepShifter:

Originally posted by Toxus:

It's the Unreal 4 engine

40+ people are working on it all game veterans

There is a dev team of eight people. Not fourty, eight. But you're correct, they're all experienced in their field, with experience from Primal Carnage, to Uncharted, to Microsoft's VR program.

Spread over three countries.

[Reaganomicon]

Originally posted by SinKing:

I was dumbfounded when I saw ARK is using Unreal Engine, probably still U3 or a modified version of it. However, is there any more info on the topic (a "making of" the game), or something the developers said why they chose Unreal? Usually the word was: "Do not use Unreal Engine for dense jungle environments, use Cryengine" Okay, that's a couple of years old, but games aren't made in a day, either.
It's a bold decision to go with Unreal. If possible, I'd like to know a little more about the why and how of this decision. Also, how big is this company? It seems like 4 producers/publishers are involved. That's a big game for something I first heard about 2 weeks ago and been adicted to ever since ^^

Not that bold, if you have people with a decade of experience and shipped titles on UE3. Pretty sure some important developer type said they had 40 people working on the project, but didn't really break the number down.

[MugHug]

THe developers beind Dead Island 2 are using UE4 and that will be a fair size island.

[SinKing]

This is Unreal Engine 4? Interesting - I thought it was based on 3.

I'm also not that impressed by the models or animations, but mostly with the dino AI and the increasing amount of life everywhere. It's a very impressive game.

And yeah, you can surely make a game like this with 10 people. In fact that is a great team-size, because game designers will still feel attached and involved in the game and not like some cog in a machine, as in many bigger games. Ark has soul.

[MugHug]

Originally posted by SinKing:

This is Unreal Engine 4? Interesting - I thought it was based on 3.

I'm also not that impressed by the models or animations, but mostly with the dino AI and the increasing amount of life everywhere. It's a very impressive game.

And yeah, you can surely make a game like this with 10 people. In fact that is a great team-size, because game designers will still feel attached and involved in the game and not like some cog in a machine, as in many bigger games. Ark has soul.

I am more impressed with the end result, the sum of the parts, the gaming expereince and in that light I am impressed in ARK.